Estrogen receptors alpha and beta and the risk of open-angle glaucoma: The rotterdam study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-114

  De Voogd, Simone ^a   Wolfs, Roger C W ^a   Jansonius, Nomdo M ^a,b   Uitterlinden, André G ^a   Pols, Huibert A P ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   De Jong, Paulus T V M ^a,c,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA GENE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA GENE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OPTIC DISK; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 38349076033     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.1.110     Document Type: Article

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